Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC26/NAMM/0005
Inventory Number
2930CB382
Site Name
Hitching Post at the Imperial Hotel, 224 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 14:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 14:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The building can not be noticed , but it is kept in a good condition.
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
It was used by many distinguished men among those was the Prince Imperial of France-Napoleon. It was last used shortly used before the battle of Isandlwana in January 1879
Original Position
Original Positioned
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
1878
Construction Materials
Steel
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Battle of Isandlwana
Inscriptions
This Hitching post was erected in 1878, it was used by many distinguished men among whom was the Prince Imperial of France-Napoleon, Eugene, Louis, Jean, Joseph who last used it shortly before the battle of Isandlwana, in Zululand in January 1879
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.604911, 30.380245
KwaZulu-Natal
- Umgungundlovu
- The Msunduzi
Directions to Site
From vryheid you follow R34 to dundee .. there is the board by the road written scheepers Neek Neek Monument
Access details
It's situated in Jabu Ndlovu Street at the entrance of the Imperial Hotel, opposite the Pietermaritzburg Police Station
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